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SEE TAKE EFFECT IN BALTIORE.
>> THE ULTIMATE GOAL WILL BE TO
PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH A
SEAT AT THE TABLE.
LACEE: BALTIMORE CITY STATE'
ATTORNEY MARILYN MOSBY WANTS
CHANGES IN INVESTIGATING AND
PROSECUTING POLICE MISCONDUCT.
>> MY FIRST PROPOSAL INVOLVES
REPLACING THE TYPICAL POLICE
INVESTIGATIVE TEAM WITH ONE THAT
INCLUDES IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATIVE
REPRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THE PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE, STATE POLICE, AND THE
INVESTIGATOR AND CIVILIAN REVIEW
BOARD.
LACEE: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH.
SHE SAYS IT WILL IMPROVE
TRANSPARENCY, REMOVE THE
PRESSURE OF POLICE INVESTIGATING
FELLOW OFFICERS, AND ELIMINATE
EARLY INVESTIGATION STAGES.
> MY SECOND PROPOSAL IS TO GRANT
POLICE POWERS TO THE STATES
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN BALTIMORE
CITY.
LACEE: SOMETHING ALREADY
HAPPENING IN OTHER MARYLAND
COUNTIES LIKE GARRETT,
DORCHESTER, AND TALBOT COUNTIES.
STATES ATTORNEY OFFICE
INVESTIGATORS COULD ISSUE
WARRANTS, MAKE ARRESTS, AND
CARRY FIREARMS.
PAUL HOWARD, JR., A DISTRICT
ATTORNEY FROM GEORGIA, JOINED
THE CONVERSATION TO SAY SOME OF
THESE IDEAS ARE IN EFFECT AND
WORKING FOR THEM.
>> WE HAVE ALREADY MADE HALF A
STEP IN FULTON COUNTY, BECAUSE
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
DECIDED NOT TO INVESTIGATE
ITSELF ANY LONGER.
THAT DUTY HAS BEEN TURNED OVER
TO THE STATE POLICE IN GEORGI,A
-- IN GEORGIA, CALLED THE GBI,
AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
LACEE: MOSBY ALSO PROPOSES
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS BE INVOLVED
IN SOME MISCONDUCT CASES, AND
SHE WANTS LEGISLATION GOVERNING
BENCH VERSUS JURY TRIALS.
>> I'M CALLING ON STATE
LEGISLATORS TO ENACT STATE LAWS
THAT ALLOW PROSECUTORS AND
JUDGES THE ABILITY TO REJECT
DEFENDANTS PREFERENCE FOR A
BENCH TRIAL.
LACEE: AND LASTLY, MOSBY WANTS
TO HAVE CIVILIAN PARTICIPATION
ON HEARING REVIEW BOARDS.
COMMISSIONER KEVIN DAVIS SAYS
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALREADY
ENACTING REFORMS
HE RESPONDED IN A STATEMENT
REGARDING MOSBY'S PROPOSALS,
HE SAID, IN PART, "PUBLIC TRUST
BENEFITS FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF
INPUT.
WE WILL CONSIDER ALL
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SERVE TO
IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES AND
ENHANCE OUR REPUTATION IN THE